Primal Solos [Live]

John Mayall, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1980
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001F6D
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,525 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro - Maudie

2. It Hurts To Be In Love

3. Have You Ever Loved A Woman

4. Bye Bye Bird

5. Hoochie Coochie Man

6. Intro - Look At The Girl

7. Wish You Were Mine

8. Start Walkin'

Editorial Reviews

1977 compilation for the elder statesman of British blues. Eight tracks recorded live at various locations. Guests include Eric Clapton & Jack Bruce.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Must for Mayall /Clapton/Talyor fans, January 22, 2001

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Bob Davis (Christchurch New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Primal Solos (Audio CD)

As a Mayall/Clapton/Taylor junkie, this album (though poor sound quality) is an essential. It highlights the early live sound of the above. It features the pre-Cream combination of Jack Bruce and Clapton. It also shows the promise of a young Mick Taylor.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you are a guitar player into blues, you will want this., October 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Primal Solos (Audio CD)

This is a very interesting Mayall album showcasing the talents of Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor under Mayall's mentorship. Their are a couple of tracks without any guitar leads as well.

If you are a student of 60s guitar playing you will want to hear this. Clapton plays a version of "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" that is chilling on this CD. You would swear that he has transformed himself into Freddie King for the gig. Mick Taylor stretches out for a very long solo and explores (probably invents) sitar like blues guitar.

The CD was recorded on some kind of bootleg equipment at blues clubs in the mid 60s and the sound quality suffers, but this is still one of my favorite CDs.

If you are a Brit Blues fan, buy it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful document of a brilliant musical era, May 13, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Primal Solos (Audio CD)

The Amazon editorial review couldn't be more mistaken. Far from this CD "representing the bottom of the barrel in terms of digging up old Mayall/Clapton tracks", this set of music is frequently brilliant in execution. Clapton's playing is at its peak of rawness and fluidity, and exhibits the transition from the Bluesbreakers CD to Cream. We also get a hint of the Clapton/Bruce collaborative skill on "Hoochie Coochie Man". The Mick Taylor contributions are no less stellar and show most clearly that his talent was wasted during his Stones years. It is true that the sound quality is not perfect, but considering that this is a semi-bootleg from the mid-sixties, the sound is better than might be expected. This is one of my favourite CDs of this period and I recommend it to all.